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l@uiten gisten getint @ffice- A. BENNETT, OF ROGKFOIRD, ILLINOIS. Lean-8Parent No, 62,595, dans Mare/i 5, 1867.

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Be it known that. I, A. BENNETT, of Rockford, in the county ofWinnebago, and- State of Illinois, have invented a. new and usefulImprovement in Seed Planters; and I dohcreby declare that the followingis a.v full, clear, and exact description' thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art t'o make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- 'Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved seedplanter taken in the plane of the line a: fr, fig. 2. l I

Figure 2 is a top view of the same.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the same.

Figure 4 is a detaehed'view of a part of the feeding apparatus.

Similar letters of rebrenee indicate like parts. p

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of cornplanters, whereby one man or boy with a double team may drop the grainat regular intervals in two rows, opening thefurrow and rolling the,seed after' they are dropped at the same time, thus completing theplanting in one operation by a self-actng apparatus..V v y l A lightrectangular frame Ais mounted upon the axle Ilot' the wheels C C, Adnivers seat, D, is suspended behind upon the rear ends of two long barsd a, the front ends of the bars being pivoted on the upper side of theframe A, so that the rear ends on which the driver's seat issecure'dhre'suppored'by rodsb 6 that run down and carry on their lowerends the casters or rollers c c. The rollerc c thus receive the weightof the driver; they are connected by clevis hooks d 'd to the back partof the vertical grain boxes or chutes E E, which are fastened at theirupper ends to the'rear cross-beam Al 'of tho frame A, and are intendedto serve at once as hoppers and conveyers of the grain to thedroppingapparatus at their lower ends. On the front side of the lower ends ofthe grain boxes E E are attached pointed shovel ploughs-or furrowopeners e e, between the wings of which are grain spoutsff leading fromthe grainboxes, and separated by feeding slides iz'in the bottom oftheboxes, shown on an enlarged scale in iig'. 4. The slides z' i worklaterally and horizontally in the bottom of the grain boxes E E, so thatin their movement back and forth they admit a certain number of grainsof cornfrom the boxes into the spoutsff, which drop them in the furrowmade by the plo'ughs e e to be be covered by the rollers c c thatfollow. The number of grains tobedroppedjiat regular intervals isregulated by an adjustable receiving hole in the slides z' z', which ismade larger'or smaller for holding morevor less grain, as desired, bymeans of sliding blocks il i* placed on the screws i2 i1, that areoperated by the-nut 7c c ou 4the outside and the spiral springs cl c, asshown clearly in fig. 4. The inner ends .of the slides z' z' areconnected with upright rocklevers Z Z that are pivoted to fulcra at ornear their middle to the grain boxes E E, andthe upper ends of which areconnected with bent rods m m, both of which are attached on their innerends to a. short rock-lever, n, that is pivoted in its middle to theback part of theres-r cross-beams?,l as shown in iig. 3. The outer endof onev cf the rods m is connected with the long arm of the side leverp, whichcarries on its forward end'or short arm a vsmallfriction-roller, s, so placed that it shallbe-lifted by cams gg on theinside of a concentric rim, w, ailixed q q, by a spring, r, thatlslfastened to the side of the frame A, and bears upon the short arm oftheside lever p, as shown in lig. 1. By this arrangement it is manifestthat when'the wheel C turns round as the machine moves forward, the camsq q will raise the end of the side lever p, which operating on theconnecting-rods m m will work the long levers 'l l, and thus move .theslides is' back and forth to drop the grain at regular intervals in thefurrows in the manner asbefore described. For the purpose of regulatingthe dropping of the grain in l line with previous work on turning at theend of the iield, the concentric rim w, which carries the Vcams g g, is'made to fit upon un inside rim wl so that it can be moved around, tandthe position of the cams be shifted. A wire ring u extends around therimlw, and passes loosely through holes in proieetiug pins a a on theperiphery' of the rim, the ends of which wire are so connected withabent lever, '11, ythat by drawing upon the wire, the lover will lift apin, z, from a hole in the periphery of the inside rim w1, and releasethe outside rim u', through which Y the pin z passes so that it can bemoved, and thus allow tlieposition of the cams g gto be shifted, asdesired. The pin z is heldin place, except whenthus lifted, by a spiralspring z on the opposite end of the bent leverv;

Il asigna and for handling' and moving the lever by the wire ring u withfacility, bells or knobs u are placed upon it Between projecting pins oo. The drought-pole Gis hunglupon theframe Ain such manner that theframe may be raised behind while the pole preserves its horizontalposition for the purpose of elevating the lower ends of' the grain boxesto clear the gronnd,when desired. This is effected by means of o longlever-bnr, H, reaching from the rear end of the frzime neuf4 the driversscat to the draught-pole G forward of the frame A. The lever Il isconnected et its front end xr'lthe drnughbpole, and is pivoted to theupper end of n fulerum-har,j. set on the' front cross-beam A2, andpaosing up through n. slot in t11c-drnught-pole. At the reu-r end of thedraught-pole is placed an upright rook-rod, t, which passes up througha. slot in the lever-bnr H. By raising the rem' end of the lever-bnr Hin the ponition shown in fig. 1, the frame A :ind the draught-pole Gwill both be .inthe same plene and the lower ends of the groin boxeswith the plonghs e e will reneli the ground and be ready for operating;but when the rear 4end of the lever H is depressed, while thedraught-pole will preserve its horizontal position, the hind. end of theframe willV he raised, und thus lift the groin boxes E E and the plonghse o from the ground. A leverA handle, ahnen the rear end ofthe'lever-hnnll, operates by n eormeetingy wire, a2, ond a. v

Spiral Sp1-ing, e3; to look and unlock the bnr H to the rack-rod t, nsdesired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim :is new, :ind desiireto secure by Letters Pntennr is 1. 'lhe arrangement of the seat D, thesupporting rods b, and the coveringr rollers c c, combined and.operating es and for the purposes described.

2. The seed boxes yE E, combined with the adjustable feeding slides iz',the ploughs e e, and the levers In);

for operating the feeding slides, substantially as herein-described. l

3. The shifting ooncontrie rim 1v, with the cams g g, in combinationwith the rim w', und the shifting devices connected with them, arrangedsnbstnntinlly :is and for the purposes heroin Aset forth` 4. The leverhor H, in combination with the drnurhi-pole G for raining and loweringthe hind end of the frame A, nrrniiged substantially ns :ind for thepurposesA herein described.

A.. BENNETT.

Witnesses:-

flll. G. CLARK, G'. W. Fono.

